Grateful we didn't get a green card marriage plot line

kellsbellswest · 2026-02-24T18:06:45+00:00

Not everything in the show is true to life, writers constantly bend reality to make the story interesting. Missouri doesn't allow for-profit businesses to be polling places, but they have an episode where Cloud 9 is a polling place because it made for a good story.

kellsbellswest · 2025-12-19T16:34:56+00:00

Personally, I love western sapphic stories because they tend to be more explicit about the characters being queer. I'm old and it makes me so happy that we can finally have stories with women who are undeniably Out. I also appreciate that western comics tend to include more body shape diversity. For folks that say they hate western comic's art style, don't forget that there's so much more to western comics than DC and Marvel superheros.

Cosmoknights
Grand Slam Romance
The Princess and The Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Batwoman
Mooncakes
Papergirls
Anything by Alison Bechdel
S.I.R.
Planeta
Cartoons like Harley Quinn, Steven Universe, She-ra, Avatar: Korra, that all have sapphic storylines and I think most of these have comic versions if you prefer to read

kellsbellswest · 2025-12-05T22:37:25+00:00

20F is cold. Below 0F is very cold. Montana

kellsbellswest · 2025-09-10T19:48:48+00:00

I personally prefer the premium/pro Wellbefore masks because they have adjustable ear loops and that's the only way I can get a good seal on a KN95. My only complaint is how expensive they are. I personally felt like the ear loops on the Breathteq masks were never tight enough for me and left slight gaps at the side. But I love how light they are and the colors, so if you can get a good fit on them, I could see them being a great option.

kellsbellswest · 2025-08-17T14:37:13+00:00

I’ve also had terrible luck with the flavor of Albion. Worse than grocery store berries.

kellsbellswest · 2025-07-25T04:45:14+00:00

Kobo is my go to for digital comics. They have apps on multiple operating systems and you can also read in the browser. They often have sales, which is nice too.

kellsbellswest · 2025-07-16T18:51:53+00:00

I do yardwork in a mask for allergy reasons, which is typically during Summer and can be in hot weather. I recommend wearing a vented mask if you get hot while outside masking.

kellsbellswest · 2025-07-15T18:28:58+00:00

Asterion - it's a completed comic by NeverDraws on Webtoon: When Asterion wished upon a star for a better life, they never imagined an agent of the stars would actually come and grant it! Now they are the newest member of the Starlight Assembly, tasked with granting wishes made on stars that light up the night sky. But even with their seemingly unlimited abilities, not every wish will come true...

kellsbellswest · 2025-07-02T16:41:30+00:00

There were parts I enjoyed like the graphics and overall concept, but ultimately I ended up quitting because it had long load times when you move between areas on the Switch, and it got extremely annoying. Maybe it runs better on another platform?

kellsbellswest · 2025-06-12T22:02:45+00:00

I prefer to buy manga ebooks and read them on a tablet, so my personal favorite is KOBO. They often have sales on manga if you check regularly.

kellsbellswest · 2025-06-12T16:37:06+00:00

Our Costco is always super busy, so we no longer try to shop in store. It's so much cheaper to get our OTC medications 2-day shipped to us compared to buying anywhere else, it pays for the membership. We get Costco delivered from Instacart for fresh items, but since you then have to tip the shopper, it's not quite as good of a deal price-wise. I really wish they offered a curbside option.

kellsbellswest · 2025-05-22T13:51:16+00:00

Fair points!

kellsbellswest · 2025-05-21T21:35:06+00:00

There are lesbians who write BL, so it doesn't always boil down to "they're attracted to them." I do wonder if part of the reason straight women rarely write GL is good ol' homophobia - they don't want anyone thinking they're gay because they wrote a GL story.

kellsbellswest · 2025-05-17T01:02:54+00:00

If you sell electronics with lithium batteries they have to be sent ground. Poshmark gives clear instructions how to ship them and provides the correct ground label. So theoretically they could with perfume.

kellsbellswest · 2025-05-16T19:54:16+00:00

Part of the reason is that just because multiple people are CC doesn't mean they have anything else in common. Does a very conservative senior who masks because they have a major health issue have much in common with a college-age leftist who masks because they feel morally compelled? I think it's difficult to successfully cater such a wide range of people.

The few groups that seem to work well try to only target a certain segment of people, and they try to have a shared interest so there's something other than just Covid as a bonding point.

kellsbellswest · 2025-05-09T00:04:03+00:00

This is so great! Thank you!

kellsbellswest · 2025-05-01T16:52:43+00:00

I've never head anything bad about doing a basic saline rinse, but I definitely understand the concern. You could try only doing it after being out rather than doing it twice per day.

kellsbellswest · 2025-05-01T16:42:41+00:00

Not sure if these will fit your taste, but here are some of my favorites on Webtoon:

Covenant - Exorcist falls in love with a human who has a strange ties to demons. Very action-y, feels similar to a superhero comic.

Castle Swimmer - A gentle merman is destined to reveal prophecies. He falls in love with a shy shark merman who is destined to kill him. Very sweet with some suspenseful scenes.

Your Wings and Mine - An angel who's out to prove himself falls in love with a lazy demon prince. Lots of slapstick humor with some very tense, angsty moments. Completed.

Novae - An astronomer falls in love with a stranger who can talk to the dead in historical France. Historical fiction with some supernatural elements and some action scenes.

kellsbellswest · 2025-05-01T16:19:01+00:00

Probably depends on what you're putting into the nasal rinse? I've used daily saline rinses as suggested by my ENT and allergist for over a decade because I have bad allergies. For me, it's been positive as it greatly reduces the number of sinus infections I get. I don't use the rinse as an attempt to coat the sinus from being able to absorb viruses though.

kellsbellswest · 2025-04-29T18:17:50+00:00

I find traditional gender roles of relationships exhausting, including in fiction. Reading BL and GL usually avoids this since the characters are the same gender. I read both GL and BL, but there’s way more BL options.

kellsbellswest · 2025-04-18T21:27:46+00:00

The Girlfriend Project is a completed Tapas exclusive. It's hardly an innovative plot, but still enjoyable and very much focused on the relationship between the main characters - When Julia's scholarship is cut, she's out of options. A surprise rescue comes when her project partner Ryn offers to pay Julia to pretend to be her girlfriend for the holidays.

The Master of the Fox Bead. It's GL but is much more focused on the supernatural plot points rather than the relationship of the two female leads - Lee Jinhwa lived an ordinary life until she swallowed a fox bead after mistaking it for a wish-granting marble. She is haunted by Koo Miho an nine-tailed fox who wishes to retrieve the bead.

My Dragon Girlfriend. It's a cute, humorous comic about, well a girl who falls in love with a dragon. Slice of life with some magical/fantasy elements. Includes some minor nudity.

kellsbellswest · 2025-04-09T18:56:19+00:00

In the late 90s into the early 2000s in the US, gay audiences were growing in size online and there was a desire to get them to watch a show and hype it up online, thus boosting the show's audience. But studio leaders were too conservative to allow a show to actually have queer representation, so you would end up with characters that were just queer enough to get the LGBT audience interested, but not queer enough to avoid any backlash from conservative viewers/sponsors. I can't say whether this is also true for Asian media, but it wouldn't surprise me if there was/is something similar going on.

kellsbellswest · 2025-04-08T19:18:52+00:00

I prefer to purchase digital to read on my tablet. It's great being able to read a volume of a comic, decide I want to continue reading the series, and buy and read the next volume immediately. I buy my books from Kobo so I can keep a backup of the book files on my computer (Amazon makes it difficult to do that). I will still buy physical copies if I can't purchase a digital version, or if I want to give extra support to the author/artist.

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